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Vulcan Point: The Proper Island-ception

There is an island in a lake on an island in a lake on another island and it somehow makes sense.Read More

That Bird That Leads You To Honey

There's a bird in Africa that actually guides people to beehives, like a daft little tour guide who wants his cut.Read More

They Tried To Make Films Smell. It Was A Right Mess.

In 1960 someone decided cinema needed scents, hired a machine, and the result smelled like a bad idea with tickets.Read More

They Make You Kiss A Cod To Join A Club

You want to be a Newfoundlander? They'll make you kiss a fish, drink rum, and say a daft line like it's a sacred oath.Read More

People Proper Think Birds Are Drones

A daft internet cult insists pigeons are government spy drones and, for reasons, people actually buy the T-shirts.Read More

Bog Bodies: People Turn Up Weirdly Preserved, Proper Mad

People dug up perfectly intact corpses from peat bogs that look like they've been put on pause, and it's down to moss, acid and maybe a bit of ritual.Read More

Ether Frolics: Proper Victorian Party Drugs

Victorians politely inhaled ether at parlour parties and called it entertainment - like tea, but with hallucinations and genteel panic.Read More

They Soak Fish In Lye And Eat It

They take dried cod, bathe it in caustic soda until it turns to jelly, wash the death out and serve it with pride - proper daft, innit.Read More

France Made Supermarkets Give It Away

In 2016 the French actually outlawed binning edible supermarket food and made shops donate it instead - and I love that for them.Read More

The Waterfall That Swallowed Half A River

There's a waterfall in Minnesota where one side vanishes into a boiling pothole and people have been chucking trainers and theories into it for a century.Read More
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